"television shows and films tell the story of castaways: This is a list of fiction. There are also memoirs such as ""Castaway"". Castaways are part of other stories as well, where the event is not the central plot but is still an important aspect. Examples include: ""Desert Island Discs"" is a BBC Radio 4 interview show in which the subject is invited to consider themselves as a castaway on a desert island, and then select their eight favourite records, one favourite book (in addition to ""The Bible"" and books by Shakespeare), and a luxury inanimate object to occupy their time."
"of the world"". Another change since ""Castaway 2000"", was that the castaways were voted off the island one-by-one, in a manner similar to other reality series like ""Big Brother"". The prize for the winning castaway, which was Jonathan, was a trip around New Zealand with a friend later in the year. ""Castaway 2007"" was broadcast on BBC One and presented by Danny Wallace, with spin-off shows on BBC Three. The main show was initially 60 minutes long, broadcast each Sunday at 9pm. It was further announced on 11 March 2007 that there would be a spin-off show on weekday evenings"
"A Field and 4 At The Fringe. 4 Stands Up 4 Stands Up is a BBC radio comedy show which has run since December 2007. The programme, which is broadcast on Thursdays at 6:30 pm on BBC Radio 4, contains stand up material from three comedy acts each show, with additional material from the show's host. The host remains consistent throughout the series, and the role has so far been filled by Michael McIntyre, Rhod Gilbert and Chris Addison. The programme is currently in its third series, and falls within a family of comedy programmes produced for BBC Radio 4,"
"appeared presenting the CBBC channel since 23 May 2009 with Iain Stirling, a comedian from Edinburgh. In series one of Scoop he was operated by Andy Heath but when he began presenting CBBC he was operated by Phil Fletcher. He has been puppeteered since presenting CBBC by Phil Fletcher. A second season began airing in September 2010 and a third began airing a new episode every day from 25 July. This was also Hacker's first appearance on CBBC. Each episode begins in much the same way with a short sequence in which Digby is awoken by an elaborate alarm system,"
"WM from Monday 20 March 2017. Lester could also be heard, from April 2017 to June 2017 on Thames Radio's overnight shift. It is believed that the voice parts were 'Tracked' (recorded in advance and inserted between the records in real time). Alex also hosts the late night show on BBC across the West Midlands local radio stations from 10pm on Saturday night until 1am on Sunday. Lester has homes in Hastings and Wednesbury. For nearly 10 years he lived aboard a 60-foot traditional stern canal boat (which he nicknamed ""The Blue Pig"") during the week, while presenting his show"
"called ""Castaway: The Last 24 Hours"". Each show showed the highlights of the previous day and was hosted by Danny Wallace. The spin-off show, ""Castaway Exposed"" was broadcast on BBC Three, presented by Richard Bacon. From 8 April, the show format was changed to three half-hour shows per week at 7pm on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. This was seen by commentators as a way of moving the show out of prime-time, as its viewing figures had halved since the launch episode. A number of locations in New Zealand were touted including Durville, Slipper, Rotoroa, Forsyth and Arapawa Islands. The island"
"the programme) provide the research. As a result, some critics consider the radio show to be a spin-off of the TV programme, and some have further ventured that ""The Museum of Curiosity"" is not as good as its forerunner. Most reviews of ""The Museum of Curiosity,"" however, are positive. In series one, the programme began with Bailey introducing the show and playing its theme tune, which he performed in a slightly different way in each episode. In subsequent series, the theme tune was, instead, performed by House Of Strange Studios of East London. The host/professor and the curator/sidekick introduce themselves."
"Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! is a sitcom broadcast on BBC Radio 4, written by Steve Delaney. It features Count Arthur Strong, a former variety star who has malapropisms, memory loss and other similar problems, played by Delaney. Each episode follows the Count in his daily business and causing confusion in almost every situation. First broadcast on 23 December 2005, ""Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!"" has had eight series and four specials. In 2009 the show won the Gold Sony Radio Academy Award for comedy, the highest honour for a British radio comedy. A television"
"Midweek (BBC Radio 4) Midweek was a British weekly radio magazine series broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was aired on Wednesday at 09.00 and repeated later the same day at 21.00. It was presented by Libby Purves and each week several guests discussed various topics with her. ""Start the Week"" and ""Stop the Week"", also broadcast on Radio 4, employ similar formats, although ""Stop the Week"" is no longer broadcast. The final broadcast of Midweek aired on 29 March 2017. In 1986, then-producer Victor Lewis-Smith employed cockney comedian Arthur Mullard as stand-in for Purves who was on holiday. The"
"Change Your Tune Change Your Tune is a British music game show that has aired on ITV from 1 April to 20 May 2018. It is presented by Baz Ashmawy (""50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy"") in which some of Britain's worst singers undergo weeks of training to improve their voices before performing for the nation. It was axed after just one series. ITV’s new series Change Your Tune, a talent show for bad singers, debuted on Easter Sunday (1st April), and a lot of people thought it was an elaborate April Fool’s Day prank. The reality show sees a"
"Manchester, Real Radio Yorkshire and Mansfield 103.2 FM. From 2006 until 2010 he presented his own podcast, the ""Piss Poor Podcast"", accompanied for the most part by Edouard Lapaglie. He also appears on BBC Radio 5 Live as a regular panellist on ""Fighting Talk"" (twice finishing as series runner up and winning the series championship in 2013), and has contributed to Chart The Week on Richard Bacon's programme. His most regular radio slot had been the BBC Radio Leeds ""Breakfast Show"" which he co-presented Monday to Thursday from 6:30am to 9:00am, but he was reassigned to the lunchtime slot in"
"of ex-pats to the region in recent years has prompted Radio Coteaux to reach out to the newcomers with an all-English radio show called the Gascony Show, hosted by Irishman John Slattery. Through this show, Radio Coteaux aims to extend a warm welcome to all foreigners, hoping to make them feel right at home, while at the same time providing some light entertainment in English for its French listeners. The radio station has 2 permanent staff, anchor men Patrick and César. In addition, the station relies heavily on volunteers and support by sponsors and government grants. Financial donations to the"
"Broadcasting House (radio programme) Broadcasting House is a current affairs programme on BBC Radio 4, presented by Paddy O'Connell. It is broadcast every Sunday between 9am and 10am. ""Broadcasting House"" or ""BH"" was launched in 1998. There used to be a weekly quiz, with a cryptic sound clue pointing to a news event in the last week. The prize was a spoon, originally a Jam Spoon but then replaced by a Honey Spoon. The programme made frequent visits to the BH beehive based in southwest London. The competition was nominated for a Sony Award in 2007. More serious features include"
"in the same film. The long running radio comedy ""Just a Minute"" first aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1967. Panellists must talk for sixty seconds on a given subject, ""without hesitation, repetition or deviation"". Guests over the years have included Stephen Fry, Eddie Izzard and Sue Perkins. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, the science fiction comedy radio series ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" was innovative in its use of music and sound effects. The BBC, as a public service broadcaster, also runs minority stations such as BBC Asian Network, BBC Radio 1Xtra and BBC Radio"
"Variety Wireless airs both Saturdays and Sundays from 8pm - midnight. The talk programme has been part of the station since its inception, and focuses on music, conservation, world issues and science.[5] Regular contributors include linguist Max Cryer, Stardome Observatory astronomer Grant Christie, Sceptic Siouxise Wiles and American John Dybvig. Host Graeme Hill is a former Radio Sport and bFM announcer, Sports Cafe presenter and The Able Tasmans band member. His on-air name is a musical pseudonym, due to his 'embarrassment' performing under his real name.[6] “For anyone with a curious bone in their body, tune into the most interesting"
"Vic Galloway Michael ""Vic"" Galloway (born 4 August 1972) is a DJ on BBC Radio Scotland. Galloway presents a self-titled show on Radio Scotland every Monday from 9pm to 11pm and also the BBC Introducing Scotland Thursday evenings/Friday mornings from 11pm to 1am. He presents BBC Scotland's T in the Park television coverage every summer. In addition to his regular shows which have been running for over 11 years on BBC Radio, Galloway has presented 2 series of 'Mouthing Off' and 'The Big Scottish Adventure', as well as various documentary series including 'Indie-pendent Scotland', 'The Banned History of Rock'n'Roll', 'Meet"
"presenter who sounds like no one else on British radio."" ""The Beatdown"" was broadcast every Saturday night 12am1am on XFM, until August 2014. In 2014, Scroobius Pip started a weekly podcast series called 'Distraction Pieces'. In each episode, he has held an in-depth interview with a range of comedians, actors, musicians and DJs. In the series so far he has interviewed, among others, Aisling Bea, Doc Brown, Goldie, Russell Brand, Josie Long, Paddy Considine, Frank Turner, Stewart Lee, Sara Pascoe, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Zane Lowe, Eddie Izzard, Kathy Burke, Richard Herring, Rufus Hound, Stephen Graham, Richard Herring, Robin Ince,"
"broadcast on BBC Radio 2. In October 2017, another major schedule change was announced. Friction left the station. The change features Charlie Sloth gained a new slot called 'The 8th' which aired Mon-Thu 9-11pm. Other changes include MistaJam took over Danny Howard on the Dance Anthems. Katie Thistleton joined Cel Spellman on Sunday evenings, namely 'Life Hacks' (4-6pm) which features content from the Radio 1 Surgery, and Most Played (6-7pm). Danny Howard would host a new show on Friday 11pm-1am. Huw Stephens's show pushed to 11pm-1am. Kan D Man and DJ Limelight joined the station to host a weekly Asian"
"Breakaway (radio programme) Breakaway was BBC Radio's second regular consumer travel programme, the first being the short-lived ""Away From It All"", both run by producer Roger MacDonald. It was launched on Saturday 29 September 1979, when it ran from 9.05 to 9.50 on BBC Radio 4, where it continued to be broadcast live every Saturday morning in roughly the same time slot for almost two decades. Its longest-serving presenter was Bernard Falk, who fronted the programme from 1980 to 1990. ""Breakaway"" finally came to an end as part of the extensive schedule changes introduced by Radio 4 controller James Boyle"
"BBC iPlayer. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity, two special episodes were added in December 2015: The Infinite Monkey Cage The Infinite Monkey Cage is a BBC Radio 4 comedy and popular science series. Hosted by physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince, ""The Independent"" described it as a ""witty and irreverent look at the world according to science"". The show's eighth series was broadcast in June and July 2013 and the podcast, published immediately after the initial radio broadcast, features extended versions of most episodes starting with 1 July 2013 Glastonbury Special episode"
"parties; although most of the time they ended up making fools of themselves - on one occasion attempting to interview a non-existent band called ""Atering-Catering-Cat"". Their nemesis—Andy Thomas—""with his frightful show on Radio 1"", is a constant throughout the four programmes, and would always upstage them and do his best to interfere with their plans, such as by stealing their passes for the Leeds music festival. Another constant is Peter Davies (aged 47), an obsessed fan who always manages to cross their paths. The series bears repeated listening, with many subtle lines, but at times can be a little confusing"
"Radio 1 Podcasts BBC Radio 1 regularly releases six podcasts. The selection has grown over time, originally forming part of the BBC's podcast trial. In November 2005, short clips (typically 30 seconds) of commercially available music began to be used within some shows, after the BBC negotiated a deal with rights holders. Released every Thursday or Friday, it contains highlights from ""The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw"". Lasts only five minutes, however the time for the podcast was more than doubled when it was released on 20 February 2009. Occasionally, it is increased if there are more mini"
"adults is consistently highest in the ratings. BBC Radio 4, a varied talk station, is noted for its news, current affairs, drama and comedy output as well as ""The Archers"", its long running soap opera, and other unique programmes, including ""Desert Island Discs"" (1942–present), an interview programme in which a famous guest (called a ""castaway"") chooses eight pieces of music, a book and a luxury item that they would take with them to a desert island. Currently presented by Kirsty Young, it is the longest running music radio programme in British history. The idea for a Christmas message was conceived"
"Desert Island Discs Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a 'castaway' during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island, whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices. It was devised and originally presented by Roy Plomley. Since 2006, the programme has been presented by Kirsty Young. More"
"It's Been a Bad Week It’s Been a Bad Week is a British radio comedy on BBC Radio 2, that first broadcast on 11 February 1999. It is presented by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, and is also referred to as Punt and Dennis: It's Been a Bad Week. More than 100 episodes have been broadcast , the latest series ending on 22 June 2006. Mitch Benn has since confirmed the show has ""bitten the dust"". It was normally broadcast on Thursdays at 10pm, with each episode being repeated on Saturdays at 1:30pm. The show was recorded the week of"
"decision which caused some controversy at the time. Chris Serle became the new host and remained so until 1998 when as part of controller James Boyle's changes to Radio 4, it started to be hosted by guest presenters each week, a format which survives to the present day. Since 2008, a special ""Pick of the Year"" episode has been broadcast each December with a guest presenter choosing their BBC radio highlights of the year. Pick of the Week (radio) Pick of the Week is a long-running British radio programme featuring extracts from BBC radio (and originally television) programmes broadcast over"
"Because the show is so frequently repeated, audible cue signals (""stingers"") are inserted at the beginning and end of commercial breaks, to facilitate substitution of commercials by local stations. George Noory hosts the show on weeknights and on the first Sunday of every month. Las Vegas-based investigative journalist George Knapp hosts the third and fourth Sunday of each month, and when there is a fifth Sunday, George Noory or another fill-in will host. Since the controversial firing of host John B. Wells, many Saturday episodes, as well as Sunday episodes not hosted by Knapp or Noory, are hosted by Connie"
"Week in Westminster Week in Westminster is a weekly political radio programme, which is broadcast on Saturdays on BBC Radio 4. It is often called ""The Week in Westminster"". It is the fifth longest-running radio broadcast on British radio, between ""Daily Service"" (2 January 1928) and ""Sunday Half Hour"" (14 July 1940) It claims to be the world's longest-running radio show. It was first broadcast on 6 November 1929 on the BBC Home Service. Ramsay MacDonald was the Prime Minister at the time, after the 1929 General Election on 30 May 1929, when the Labour Party had won the most"
"The Radio 1 Breakfast Show Radio 1 Breakfast is a radio show that is broadcast across the UK from 6:30am to 10am, Monday to Thursday. The show is the most listened to broadcast on BBC Radio 1. It is hosted by Greg James who took over from Nick Grimshaw on 20 August 2018 as the show's 16th presenter. The show ran six days a week until February 1968 (see BBC Genome Project), then five days a week until June 2018, when the Friday show was dropped and incorporated into the station's weekend schedule, hosted by ""Weekend Breakfast"" hosts Matt Edmondson"
"HARDtalk Hardtalk (styled as HARDtalk) is a BBC television and radio programme, consisting of in-depth 25-minute one-on-one interviews. It is broadcast four days a week (Monday to Thursday) on BBC World News and the BBC News channel. Launched on 31 March 1997, much of its worldwide fame is due to its global reach via BBC World. Until early 2005, the host was Tim Sebastian, whose sometimes controversial style of tough questioning brought a huge world audience to the show. It is normally broadcast late at night on the BBC News Channel. Until the mid-2000s, it was broadcast at around 11:30"
"later the BBC resurrected the show for ""Castaway 2007"". In 2016 Channel 4 began airing a similar show, ""Eden"", which drew many comparisons to and lessons from ""Castaway"". The show followed a year-long effort by thirty-six men, women and children from the British public to build a community on Taransay, a remote Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides. Billed as a bold experiment for the new millennium, the castaways were to build a sustainable self-sufficient community from scratch (apart from some buildings which were already there, and some which had been placed there for them). They were to grow their"
"MistaJam Peter Dalton (born 19 January 1983), known professionally as MistaJam, is a British DJ and radio presenter for BBC Radio 1, joining in 2008, and BBC Radio 1Xtra, previously joining them in 2005. He is the host of the Drivetime show (Monday to Thursday, 16:00–19:00) on BBC Radio 1Xtra and the Dance Anthems (Saturdays, 16:00–19:00) on BBC Radio 1. Born in Nottingham in 1983, MistaJam grew up listening to the records of his parents and began DJing at local events at the age of 14, going on to DJ for Nottingham hip hop crew Out Da Ville and for"
"Wizard"" by Harold Arlen). This Week (2003 TV programme) This Week is a British current affairs and politics TV programme, screened on Thursday evenings on BBC One. It is hosted by former ""Sunday Times"" editor Andrew Neil, with a panel of two commentators, one each from the right and left of the political spectrum. The show was introduced on 16 January 2003, along with ""The Daily Politics"", after a major review of BBC political programmes. It replaced the nightly ""Despatch Box"" (1998–2002), for which Andrew Neil had been the sole presenter in its later years, and which, in turn, had"